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The Global Information Technology Report 2008-2009 is produced by the World Economic Forum in cooperation with INSEAD, the leading international business school, and is sponsored by Cisco Systems. It presents rankings of countries' networked readiness and continues to be one of the most comprehensive assessments of the impact of ICT on the development process. The Report is 8th of a

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'Measuring the Information Society-The ICT Development Index' is the 2009 edition of the new International Telecommunication Union (ITU) ICT Development Index (IDI). The Index features ICT use  in more than 150 countries worldwide and compares progress made between 2002 and 2007. It combines 11 indicators into a single measure that can be used as a benchmarking tool at the country, regional, and

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The Global Information Society Watch 2008, or GISWatch 2008, was launched at the Third Internet Governance Forum in Hyderabad, India on 3 December 2008. GISWatch is available in print and online, and is published by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), the Third World Institute (ITeM), and Dutch development organisation Hivos, The report is a collection of views and perspectives

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The Information Economy Report 2007-2008: Science and Technology for Development: The New paradigm of ICT, analyses the current and potential contribution of information technology to knowledge creation and diffusion. The Report analyzes the contribution of ICTs to growth, development, and innovation, taking into consideration other factors such as human capital, externalties, other by-products

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'Gender and ICTs for Development: A Global Sourcebook' is a collection of case studies on how ICT has affected women in developing countries. The publication documents the experiences of practitioners and experts in the South with respect to gender and ICTs in development. Published by KIT (Royal Tropical Institute) of the Netherlands and Oxfam GB, the book suggests that ICTs and policies can

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The Global Information Technology Report 2007-2008 is a joint project between the World Economic Forum and INSEAD, and sponsored by Cisco Systems. It uses the Networked Readiness Index (NRI), composed of 127 economies to measure the degree of preparation of a nation or community to participate in and benefit from ICT developments. The NRI is a comparative and benchmarking framework developed by

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I was quite happy to come across an Annual Report (2006-2007) of India's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, online. India's much-documented and successful experiences in using ICTs as tools for economic developement and poverty-alleviation, makes this report an informative resource for other emerging economies like the Philippines, with similar goals of tapping the potentials

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Web resources for NGOs, specially those relating to technology, have been increasing. Organizations such as WANGO, the World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations, have sought to strengthen the NGO sector around the world, by putting them in touch with each other. Through its global network, NGOs are able to communicate and share resources to maximize their impact on their humanitarian

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Research grants are being made available  to  help build ICT research capacities in the Philippines and the Asia-Pacific region.  Many thanks to Dr. Erwin Alampay of the Philippine ICT Research Network and UP NCPAG, for emailing these announcements:1. The Philippine ICT Research Network Research GrantThe Philippine ICT Research Network, in cooperation with the UP National College of Public

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Digitization is moving inexorably forward. Libraries and museums are transforming into digital institutions, claiming a significant place on the Internet, and expanding their reach like never before. The Internet Archive (IA) is one such library. Its website describes it as an internet library 'working to prevent the Internet - a new medium with major historical significance - and other "

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Featured on today's post is the UNESCO Open Source Software Portal, a gateway to resources related to the Free Software and Open Source Technology movement.  UNESCO established and has maintained  the portal since 2001, as  a demonstration of its support for the free and open source software (FOSS) movement. The FOSS initiative is also recognized for its potential to contribute to development

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The 5th Annual Web 2.0 Summit will be held in San Francisco, Ca., USA from November 5-7, on the theme: 'The Opportunity of Limits: Sustaining, Applying and Expanding the Web's Lessons'.A lot has been written about Web 2.0. According to Wikipedia, Web 2.0 is a 'trend in the use of World Wide Web technology and web design that aims to enhance creativity, information sharing, and, most notably,

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In a press release posted on the Philippine Senate website, Senator Edgardo J. Angara, Chair of the Senate Committee on Science and Technology, said that he believes that the bill seeking to establish the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) may be passed within a month."This is the final meeting of the committee after we thoroughly discuss the amendments made by the

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A new grants program for the Asia Pacific information and communication technology (ICT) community has been launched recently. The Information Society Innovation Fund (ISIF) 'aims to stimulate creative solutions to ICT development needs in the Asia Pacific region'. This is a joint initiative of Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the Internet Society (ISOC), and the Asia

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The 3rd leg of UNESCO's current global workshop series on 'Training the Trainers on Information Literacy' will be held in cooperation with the Universiti Teknologi Mara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 11-14 August 2008. Funded by the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Council for the Information for All Programme (IFAP) of UNESCO, the series consists of 11 sessions to train 25-50 participants 'in the

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The 'Strategy Framework for Promoting ICT Literacy in the Asia-Pacific Region', is a newly-released e-publication by UNESCO Bangkok. Authored by Dr. Elena Pernia, this paper analyzes ICT literacy in the Asia-Pacific Region and presents measures to promote ICT literacy development in the Region. The paper targets individuals and institutions engaged in ICT literacy education.

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UN-APCICT has announced that it is compiling a series of case studies on different ICT4D perspectives from allover the Asia-Pacific region. According to the website, two issues of the series will be published annually, in print and online. For the inaugural issue, the themes include: technological convergence and the new media; e-governance; and gender. The deadline for submission of case studies

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Downloadable files have recently been made available by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU):The Global Information Society: A Statistical View--seeks to define the information society through ICT statistics. 'Measuring Information and Communication Technology Availability in Villages and Rural Areas'--attempts to measure one of WSIS' ten targets, and that is "to connect villages with

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The Philippines Information Technology Report 2008 is available at a discounted price of US$ 875 or 595 Euros.  Prices include airmail and email delivery and 3 quarterly updates. Please visit the Business Monitor International (BMI) for more information on BMI publications.

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Asia Research News has announced that the fourth edition of the Digital Review of Asia Pacific (DirAP) 2009-2010 will be released early next year. According to the press release, the issue will cover 'themes such as ICTs, education and the Millennium Development Goals, distance education, ICTs and non-formal education, private-public partnership in ICTs for education, and knowledge and innovation

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